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TOMORROW: 87 BEGINS!!

The first story for 87 will be "Superkitten" and will post sometime during the morning. I'm to post between two to three stories a month and a picture of a gravestone every Saturday which the pictures being expanded to every day in the near future. Please check it out and tell your friends. Also starting tomorrow:

The What I Remember About Dinosaurs Kickstarter from Brian Russell starts tomorrow. Check it out here. All the things that you may remember about dinosaurs from "Jurassic Park", Calvin and Hobbes and numerous other things will be here along with what has changed since then. It should be interesting.

Veeblefester should move to Kansas where his company won't have to pay any taxes and he, himself, barely has to pay any taxes.

It's Not a Dance Contest

So what you are saying is that Brutus is basically Mitt Romney without hair, fifty pounds heavier, half a foot shorter and a billion dollars poorer? Yep, sounds about right.

Also, and Mother Gargle is an expert about what's mainstream? I don't know why Brutus lets Mother Gargle get to him like this because everything she says can also be applied to her.

Why Would You Tell Anyone This?

It took me awhile but I finally saw what you did here Chip. Notice Brutus didn't mention he was out looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Also, you all may have noticed that Watch This Space has come to an end and that there is only LAMNB remaining. Any posting other than LAMNB will be over at my Tumblr, The Point of Beginning, so feel free to follow me on there.

Do People Still Believe This?

I like Minimum Security--or at least I did before they started this long-running storyline that started roughly around the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street thing. For those of you wondering, that girl walking away shot the man lying bleeding on the floor. It's kind of disturbing.

Luckily the pothole was near a liquor store so I just bought some Goldschläger. I'm going down to basement. Don't come in, I'll be drunk and angry.

Press Four to Repeat This Message

I am assuming Brutus has just been hanging up or even just not answering the phone from Acme Loan Company and the one time he actually paid attention to what the recording is saying it reveals that he could've avoided hiding from these telemarketers to begin with.

I've had my cell phone number for about four years. About a year ago, I started getting phone calls for Lonnie. First, it was a couple people asking for Lonnie, like friends or relatives or something. Then it became calls from hardware and lumber companies. About half the time I don't answer the phone, the other half I answer and half to explain that I am not Lonnie, I've had the phone number four times as long as the calls have been happening and that, no, I don't require lumber for my construction business.

About a week ago, I got a bill collector call for Lonnie and that was annoying because you could just tell that the woman on the other end didn't believe that I was Lonnie even after answering her questions of "How long have you had this number?" and "Do you know where Lonnie is?"

The only thing that would've made this strip better is if the second panel started with *ship steam horn* "Hello, this is your captain speaking..."

Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy

This is a really good tribute to George "Goober" Lindsay. A lot better than the obscure musical references used for when musicians died. I have a feeling someday Nancy will be day after day of tributes to dead people.

While I understand everything that is going on in Nancy, I have no idea what is going on in The Born Loser.

Creepy Old Man

And she was probably laughing at you--both of you--because you are wearing these massive hats and coats when the high today in Cleveland was 94 degrees. Sweet Jesus you must be sweltering under there.

Writers Block

I tried writing a story a few years ago called Writers Block. The story was about a writer who returned to his hometown to write only to be distracted by his family's crazy problems and failing business. I didn't get too far in the story because it didn't really hold my interest. I still have the first chapter in a notebook ready to be worked on in the future if I wish.

And that is the main problem with my writing. I cannot write just on a computer. I have to write in a notebook first then type it all into a document. It gives me an extra layer of editing but it makes writing things other than what I am currently working on nearly impossible. Sure I could just start writing in other notebooks but I don't feel right doing that.

I am starting a new blog on June 1st that focuses on writing and cemeteries. I've been working on the inaugural writing post for the last couple of weeks but for some reason I just cannot force myself to sit down, shut up, turn off and write. I have a couple of stories I could put in its place but I don't want to do that. I want to be able to get stuff written using Microsoft Word or something so I can work on several stories at one time.

Maybe someday. Maybe someday...

Don't Pawn Your Pee Water Off On Me, Woman

I am a huge fan of iced tea but I understand people's aversion to it considering it's pretty bland unless it has some sort of flavoring in it. I typically just add sugar to it because I do not like lemon in my tea and if you give me lemon in my tea at a restaurant, I will throw that tea in your face my good sir. Not really though.

I also received my Klout perk in the mail yesterday: Lipton Tea & Honey Mango and Pineapple drink mix. I have no idea if they will be any good but I'm willing to anything once.

Take Off That Damn Hat

So this picture has been making more than the rounds on the Interwebs the last week or so. It shows a couple having wedding photos taken while a tornado forms in the background.

This photo took place near Harper, Kansas during the wedding of Caleb Pence and Candra no-maiden-name-now-Pence. I don't like it.

Aside from being very stereotypical of what people think of Kansas (wheat, tornadoes, flat land, cowboy hats) it's just a stupid picture that doesn't need to be linked to by the Associated Press. Tornadoes happens as do weddings. Kansans don't run from tornadoes, we rush to the windows or get in our vehicles to get a better look. But what I really hate is that it shows Kansans as moronic redneck hicks too stupid to come in out of the rain (or tornadoes in this case).

I get that stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason but this is a bit much. Plus, while, yes, having a couple pictures with the funnel clouds would be cool and interesting and a sure-fire conversation starter, the clouds are in the background of every single one of their wedding photos thus ruining all of them with the dark, ominous clouds, whispy funnel clouds and disturbing orange sky.